The Next Web reports there’s a new browser in town. Former Opera CEO and co-founder Jon von Tetzchner has a new project called Vivaldi. It’s built on the Blink engine, like Chrome, using React, Node.js and a number of Node modules. The browser is targeted to power users with quick commands, note-taking in the browser, the ability to stack tabs in groups and more. A technical preview is available at vivaldi.com.

The following is a public service announcement from your friends at DTNS: Don’t Drink and Drone. Especially if you’re near the White House. According to The Verge, the man who crashed a DJI Phantom drone onto White House grounds on Monday told the Secret Service he had been drinking before the accident. Also, he said the drone belonged to a friend, and that after he lost control of his friend’s drone, he went to bed worried about where he had lost his drone.

GigaOm reports several Net neutrality violations have been determined in Europe. Dutch consumer protection agency ACM fined KPN €250,000 for blocking VoIP services and fined Vodafone €200,000 for zero-rating the HBO Go app. Slovenia gave warnings to Telekom Slovenije for zero-rating music app Deezer and Si.mobil for zero-rating cloud storage app Hanger Mapa. Both companies have two months to comply.

The Verge reports Microsoft’s earnings report has been well received. Revenue increased 8% year over year to $26.5 billion although net income dropped 10% to $5.6 billion. The drop was largely due to costs associated with restructuring the Nokia handset business. Surface tablet revenue jumped 127% to $908 million. Microsoft has sold 10.5 million Lumia devices in the latest quarter, compared to the 8.2 million during the same period last year. Revenue has increased 9 percent for server, and commercial cloud revenue grew by massive 116 percent. The bad news was a decline in Office consumer revenue by 25%and a decline in OEM revenue for Windows by 13%.

tm204 sent us the Gigaom story that Nest will replace older Dropcams for free. This after the report this weekend that the original Dropcam and the Dropcam Echo will stop connecting to the cloud service on April 15th. Nest purchased Dropcam in 2014. Dropcam said some cloud features would no longer work on older cameras, and that eligible users will be contacted directly by the company about a replacement.

starfuryzeta submitted the EFF plan to end global mass surveillance. It’s a long piece about the nature and extent of the issue and why it’s a problem. The game plan to combat global surveillance includes the following elements. Pressure technology companies to harden their systems against NSA surveillance. Create a global movement that encourages user-side encryption. Encourage the creation of secure communication tools that are easier to use. And several steps to encourage legal reforms and transparency. So encrypt all the things and change the laws.

Just wanted to remind everyone about a website called Get Human at GetHuman.com

The website provides a searchable database of business phone numbers with hints on how to speak to a human as quickly as possible instead of navigating a robotic menu system.

I used it this morning when I needed to call Comcast tech support and although the person on the other end still seemed to be reading from a script, Get Human helped to save me several valuable minutes before reaching them.

It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t that formal. Some guests are a bit more formal and down to the point, but Patrick and Justin by themselves are a show, so added together and including some mistakes you get hilarity.

The only thing I thought was weird was the seemingly never ending discussion there while still in the headlines. Other than that, just another normal show.